chickens

英 [ˈtʃɪkɪnz]

美 [ˈtʃɪkɪnz]

n.  鸡; 鸡肉
chicken的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鸡
  Chickensare birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
  1. Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
     莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼，打算养些鸡，吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
  2. ...free-range chickens.
     散养的鸡
  3. Chickenis the flesh of this bird eaten as food.
     鸡肉
  4. ...roast chicken with wild mushrooms.
     野山菌烤鸡
  5. ...chicken soup.
     鸡汤
• N-COUNT 胆小鬼
  If someone calls you achicken, they mean that you are afraid to do something.
  1. I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.
     我怕黑，是个十足的胆小鬼。
  2. Chickenis also an adjective.
     
  3. Why are you so chicken, Gregory?
     格雷戈里，你怎么就这么胆小呢？
• PHRASE 高兴得太早;过早地打如意算盘
  If you say that someoneis countingtheirchickens, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain.
  1. I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.
     我不想高兴得太早。
• PHRASE 鸡和蛋的问题(指很难决定孰先孰后、孰因孰果的情境)
  If you describe a situation as achicken and eggsituation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one.
  1. It's a chicken and egg situation. Does the deficiency lead to the eczema or has the eczema led to certain deficiencies?
     这是个鸡和蛋的问题。是因为营养缺乏导致湿疹呢，还是湿疹导致了某些营养缺乏？
• PHRASE 像只没头的苍蝇到处乱窜
  If someone isrunning round like a headless chickenorrushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done.
  1. Instead of running round like a headless chicken use your efforts in a more productive way.
     别像只没头苍蝇东一头西一头的，力气要用对地方。
• chickens come home to roost→ see:roost

双语例句

• Chickens pecked in the dust
  鸡在尘土中啄食。
• It is highly deadly to chickens, turkeys and other poultry.
  对鸡，火鸡和其他家禽的死亡率是很高的。
• The new feed can fatten the chickens up quickly enough for market.
  新饲料能使鸡长得更快，以供应市场。
• She scattered corn for the chickens.
  她撒谷子喂鸡。
• The gross national product were seen as a hodgepodge of buicks, chickens, shirts, and diaper services.
  把国民生产总值看成是别克牌汽车，小鸡，衬衫和织补服务等的大杂烩。
• There is very little feed left for the chickens.
  鸡食没剩多少了。
• Politicians can fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens will come home to roost.
  政客们有时能够愚弄一些人，但最终他们都会自食恶果。
• A hen hatches chickens.
  母鸡孵化小鸡。
• The food for the chickens was scattered over the ground.
  鸡食抡了一地。
• Chickens and ducks scratch around the outbuildings.
  鸡鸭在棚子周围到处乱刨。